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COMMENT OF

THE DAY

The Air Cleared

DERHAPS, in the long run, French Foreign

PER

Minister's none ton tactful remarks that he is "in pre- found disagreement with much of recent Western polley will have done more¦ good than harm. Certainly

it galvanised Sir Anthony Eden inte initiating lust weekend's tnika at Chequers with M. Mollet, the French { Prime Minister, and judging from the official communique the tete-a-tete contributed to, a closer understanding of viewpoints.

M. Pineau has

olaborated

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SILVERMAN BILL COMES BEFORE HOUSE OF COMMONS

New Western

MPs OPT FOR NO-HANGING Bid For

Govt Move Again

Rejected

BIG TEST TO COME

London, Mar. 12.

The House of Commons tonight agreed in not publicly principle to a bill to abolish or suspend the death his "disagree-| penalty for murder by 286 votes to 262. ment" statement, but he has hinted that he considers |

the West's attitude towards Hussin to be too rigid and uncompromising -- a

what Curious

-

By this majority of 24 it threw out an amend- ment by Sir Robert Grimston, a Conservative, seeking to reject the bill.

assured, the

For the second time in Thret : Low reems suggestin when one recalls the inflexi- weeks the Commons,

given

bly

allet will come when it is passed ble conditions which the, free" vole, han ignored Govery-, in to the House of Lords. It is Soviets have imposed when ment wishes. The Government expected to reject 11.

favours retaining The Lores have not the right dealing with any of the strongly

to kill the bill but it can hold

it it up for

maximum of your

major post-war International problems.

hanging murder.

as

deterrent

10

The

Commons went on to The Eden-Mollet discumaton = give the bill a second reading |

After that if the Commons is still determined, it could force appear somewhat to have agreement in principle--with- cleared the air. In particn put a further vote, the sense of the bill through regardless

lar it was necessary to find the boure having already been the peers' opposition. out what precisely was the laken.

new French

Is th

of

The

54.1.

لاما

private

Mr

But though the billa mu ther

Smaller Majority

of

In contras to the Jubilant scenes which followed the vote government's sponsored

Sydneynst hanging three weeks ago, feelings 011 Nato. That Silverman, a labou

mbtonight's vole was received by a organisation

seeks to give legal effect to a quiet House. anchor of Western defet decision against hanging taken and the solidarity its by the Commens on a free vote. members ix vital to its on February 16. effectiveness. M. Mollet was fully reassuring, and if M., Passage through the Commons Pineau's "profound disagrees) ment with Western polier 'i includes lack of confidence in Nato and Its objectives, the Prime Minister roundly i repudiated the idea that bej and his government · shared such a sentiment.

THE communique

Sir

Anthony

suggesta

and di

Mollet did not share to th.

same extent

common view

011 Middle East policy.

French Get

Tough In Algeria

ta-

action

Algeria,

The majority of 24 compares with the 31 by which a Govern- ment motion urging retention of hanging wAN defeated three weeks ago and the 48 by which Jan amendment unging abolition

was then carried.

The Government had earlier given fresh warning of the con- sequences that might follow it hanging were abolished.

Eden Sends

Secret Message To Hussein

London, Mar. 12. An unofficial go-between left for Jordan tonight with from Prime message Minister Sir Anthony Eden for King Hussein.

植

Farmer, Ambassador to Jorcton, Sir Alce Kirkbride refused to discuss the message. He rushed to Jordan the day after King Hussein dismissed Arau Legion Commander. Lt-Gen Sir John Glubb.

SCOTLAND YARD ||Negro Admitted

ORDERS WATCH

FOR EOKA MEN

by PERCY MOSKINS

London, Mar. 12.

Plans to prevent agents of the Cyprus Eoka terrorist movement infiltrating into Britain were put into operation by Scotland Yard tonight.

Special Branch men and im. migration offieers at all sea and air ports were alcrted,

to

for

ntc

be

Greek tnibassador In Meks Washington, to draw the United States Government's attention to the "grave dangers" Inherent in the latest Cyprus developments. Riots In Athens

Athens, Mar. 12.

About 3,000 Cypriots come Britain each year looking work and the authorities convinced an

attempt will made to plant agents among them to foment agitation.

Flity Grock civilians and Steps are also being taken to 11 police were injured in fierce guard against any pro-Makarios skirmishes in rainswept Athens demonstra- activities among the Nationalist tonight when new

tions cets of the 30,000 Greek-

were staged against the of Archbishop Cyprio: colony already in Lon-deportation

Makarios from Cyprus. den,

Demonstrators who tried to break through a police cordon

• hugo square in the Most of these Cypriots are not ringing

city centre were beaten off with anti-British--they find full em-

and send truncheons. ployment in Britain home as mush

The Chief of Security Police, £18,000 a month.

Theodore Rakindzis, zaid later!, "All is quiet again now." anti- But

Chier is

In Bitish organisations,

left-wing National Cypriot Committee in Britain

the

Court Action Plan

G5

arc there

some

Το School

After 7 Years

Washington, Mar, 12.

The U.S. Supreme Court (oday ordered the im- mediate admission of a Negro student to the all- White University of Florida Low School.

The court's unanimous ruling was disclosed brief, unsigned opinion. It ordered the law schoot, at Gainesville, Florida, to admit Virgil D. Hawkins, 48.

Hawkins, A resident of Daytona Beach, Florida, has been trying to get into the law school for ecven years.-United Press.

Arab Bullet Kills Israeli Policeman

WIN

Disarmament

Accord

London, Mar. 12.

Britain and the United States today began talks here on a new Western drive to

gel agreement with Russla on the Hydrogen Bomb and other world dis- armament problems.

Mr Harold Stasuen, special disarmament adviser to President Elsenhower, conferred with Mr Minister of Anthony Nutting.

Slate at the Foreign Office, opening a round of Western consultations betro tho forth- eeming East-West disarmament negotiations.

Beltain, France, the United States and Canada, will meet Russia at the negotiating table here next Monday as membera of the United Nations Disarma- mient

Commission's sub- Committee In a fresh bid to break the 10-year-old deadlóck. Mr Stassen, who new hero yesterday from Washington. brought with him several pro posals which he discussed today with Mr Nutting, diplomatic sources said.

Jeruzalem, Mar, 12.

NEW FRENCH PLAN An Israel policeman killed and two wounded in an M. Juies Moch, the French

of fire with

Jor- delegate, arrives from Paris exchange danians across the border in tomorrow to discuss with his the neighbourhood of Harta Western colleagues a new plan prepared by him and examined by

British and French Prime Ministers, Sir Anthony Eden and M. Guy Mallet, their meeting yesterday.

M

spokesman salɗ today.

village, ช Israeli military

17-year-old Cyprus,

by Greek Cypriot student shot British security forces today

An Israeli military spokesman A group of Cypriots backes by when he ignored a challengeald tonight that a second in British sponsors is planning to halt died in hospital tonight from eldont had taken place along the Israel-Jordan border, live miles south of the earlier clash,

Bomb Thrown

was swamp

Cyprus courts with his wounds.

the actions actions

challenging

by measures taken emergency the Governor,

Field Marshal Sir John Harding.

A fund for this purpose was

last week-end.- launched

He returned last week with a message for Sir Anthony from

Mr Lloyd-George said hc King Hussein, who was ap-London Express Service thought it would mean an in-parently alarmed by the violent crease in the number of murders,

The youth, Michael Georghiu, was a student at Paphos College, west Cyprus,

The shooting followed an in-

cidunt in which a bomb was

The driver of an Israel bus was wounded in the legs when Jordanians opened fire on road) traffle in Israeli territory from] across the armistice Une, he said. The spokesman also said there

the

The United Nations Disarma- ment sub-Committee will make an interlin, rèport after six weeks to its parent commission — 11 members of the Security Council plus Canada:

sub-committee has been

A

robovould flas paleo dunculi artich rosetion, to his ousting Submission. Postponed, carrying Royal Marine lorrie Data strip where Expyplans pothe bushbisted by the-Cosies Alte

ter's

SNOW FOLLOWS

President

proposat etralogie centros

Diplomatic sources said that President Elachhower's recent letter to Marshal Nikolai Bul- gonin, Soviet Prime Minister, had given the complex disarm

met negotiations new hope of Success

com- Gaza London discussions mandos at Kissonerga, in the tions had exchanged fire four problems of what to do with of General Glubb froin the

New York, Mar. 12

Soviet and the murderers who "rot" mentally Legion.

The submission of the Greek west of the Island. The bomb times with an Israel outpost in Eisenhower's plan for mutual Parin, Mar. 13.

the Kisstih sector-Rouler..

bir inspection

for establishing con- after long terms of imprison-

request for Inclusion of Cyprus caused no damage-Reuter. The French Government

MORE FRIENDLY

Izol Noticeably the French Prims day won sanellon

ment. to go ahead

on the provisional agenda for Assembly of Minister holds in som" with

Authoritative sources believed the next General military strong

My Lloyd-George said he had

was post- suspicion the Baghdad Pet against the rebels in

the message whs conciliatory, the United Nations yet to learn how the abolition-and modified the Prime Minis-poned today. apparently believing that ita coupled with radical reforms to ist would deter the criminal

to announced intentions

No reason was given for the military chameteristics are relleve the poverty and un- who if caught would get a life

cmployment.

sentence

recall 15 provocative,

top British officers postponement, (which, in practice,

serving with the Legion.

The Greek delegation lodged meuns 14 years) for killing to Assuredly the "northern tier" The National

with Assembly in a

They sold it probably pledged an official protest ending carly is designed na a protection (seroton

txday avoid capture.

the British to continue

28 Hammarskjold over the week What is to deter the man who,

to the Arab about the deportation froni against military aggression, pasted by -verwhelming major-

Cyprus of Archbishop Makarios but the economic aspects of this four vates of confidene has nothing to lose by committing million subsidy

be Guy Mollet had asked murder to seize the chance to Legion.

and oaked that copies the bil giving the fet away altogether?" he asked.

circulated among all member Government extraordinary

the pact are no secondary consideration--a fact which

undoubtedly!

Premier

Sir Anthony Eden, as onepoatrs to cope with the sun- of the architects of tien :13 the strife-tom territory, the alliance,

In the final vote the bill as stressed with M. Mollet. The French Premier continues a whole pustezi by 455 votes to

70.

h

misunderstandings

subject.

voted

to ready

Only Murder

second

in

Sir Alec said: "I am not on official. Just happened to get dragged into the matter. To- countries. day I am flying to Beirut and shall report to the King when I reach Jordan,"

"It

apparent to ob here that Britain was

Mir

Greece was also expected later today to make the formal request to place the Cyprus provisional question agenda.

on

the

Italy's Offer

bo

the

The Med Gets New Cold Blast

Nice, Mar. 12.

Snow fell over the Mediterranean island of Corsica during the night, in the area where the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh were cruising in the Royal Yacht Britannia on Saturday.

IKE'S TWO POINTS The President made two new points in his letter:

The safeguarded wrange- ments could be made so that ass nable materials would I no longer be used to increase rockpics of explosive weapons. That dermament should come primarily through Emiting armaments Instead of the size of armed forces.

Both these expects will be explored here this week by Mr Stassen, Mr Nutting, M. Moch, The new cold wave struck at fell in south-east Wyoming, and Mr Norman Robertson,

Medi.er-onstera Colorado other parts of the

End the Canada's High" Commissioner in central and Colorado mountaita. Denver London, who will be representing ramon including

DL- five-inch encwlali with their countries at the southern Italy,

Six-foot walls of ice and snow

temperatures, Reuter, armament sub-Committee, dis- France-Presso and United Press cussion--Reuter.

+

cut off 120 Hallan villige.

Mr Lloyd-George said that of executer between murderers 1948 and 1953 about 60 would is not possible to say any have had to be detained for thing more at the moment," he to hold reservations about i

of up to 20 years and

added. It was the nest complete de- pertods the pact, but if his mind:

But it w of unfly the As- about 25 for longer-and some monstratira been cleared of mis-sembly has seen for a long time, of these for the whole of their servers

The Italian Foreign Minister, conceptions as a result of Only the Poujad sts, and a few

natural life.

taking a more moderate and Signor Gaetano Martino, said his talks with Sir Anthony right-wing Conservatives,

today his country would In time there would be about friendly view towards Jordan.-

willing to mediate between Eden, this will at least pre in opposition.

250 in the Arst category and United Press.

the Britsin

and Greece on vent future

in the Anglo-French!

Minister buut 100 Mr Roger Lacorts.

Cyprus question. <IN the residing in Algeria, was known prison.

Amman, Mar. 12,

Martino visited Signor to have everything

Mr Silverman had carlier A swarm of desert locusts United Nations Secretary- de:lore a

State of Emergency emphasised that his bill dealt about two miles wide and two General, Mr Dag Hammarskjold a. accordingly by with the dcath penalty forevd a half mile long was ob- this afternoon soon After Sir

hope that the murder-not the pentity for served today Hying Into Scuth Pierson

British Dixon, the British government Upper lieu e would have made treason. Thaz, he said, should Josan from Saudi Arabia, the delegác hnd completed his

that time, remain outside the scope of Jordan Agriculture Ministry re-, talks with Mr Hammarskjold. has done the right thing he bl about Major Lee Shun-ling and his Nationalist Sabre- jet,

will and there

ber general agreement with the statement which makes clear Hongkong's position via-a-vis foreign warplanes seeking sanctuary in the Colony.

Right Decision the.e and

THE

The only regret is that:

it has taken Her Majesty's government NO long to rench what was always an obvious decision. We cannot help but feel there has been unnecessary procrastina- tion on the part of the Foreign Office, especially as what HMG describes ແຊ "normal international prac- tico" in dealing with

affair of this nature, was discernible and applicable] from the start,

It is, perhaps, appropriate to call the attention of the Chinese Nationalists to another "normal Inter- national practied"—that of non-interference with inno- cent shipping plying lawful trade within international waters. British merchant- mea, are still being sub fested to hostilo nitd illegal

attacks while

through tho

Seuray.

Router.

law by

criminal law-Reuter;

i

ported.-France-Presse.

.

RAF CREWS TOLD: FLY

THROUGH A-CLOUD

4

London, Mar. 12. Specially modified Canberra bombers will fly through atomic clouds produced at Britain's 'spring nuclear tests, It was.announced today.

Seven of the Canberra

The Gregic Government to- night Instructed M. Gearge

More Cafes For The Russians

Paris, Mar. 12. Soviet leaders today took steps to boost the number of Slate-run restaurants, cafes and tea rooms in the Soviet Union and improve the quality of food served in them, Moscow radio reported.

The Communist Party Central Committee and the Council of Ministers, In joint communi- que, also called for more bullets. worker canteen, self-service cafeterias and home entering services.

No hydrogen bombs: wilt be; A RAF spokesman told a prosso7

The communique sald, that the exploded.

conference today the whole surders cd the test depends present collective restaurants were too scarce, were badly set bembers, containing the

very lanely on the Canberra," up and served poor quality food, Jutest de-contamination equip-| H| said the planes

**AY || Franco-Pressë. ment, will start on the 12,000-

through the

cloud atomic cloud

tó

mile light to the Australian have been fitted with Alters testing grounds shortly, and

in all, 24 Birdraft will take part in The testo, a RAF spokesman sold,

IMPORTANT ROLE.......

Ho described 'the operation an the largest RAF task force ever assembled in peace time. The Canberras

"

will fly to Chinese Arrested arce air base,

west Australia. The first series of atomic test! will be held in the Monto Bollo lalands off Western Australia. The second series will be carried out at the Marasinga test ranges in con- Teal Australiaɛli tha:gutumn.

Formosa, Straits, and it is time theso

Kota Bharu, Mar, 12. were stopped.

Security farots. in Scuth The Chinese Nationalista aro Kelantan yesterday arrested 24 Chincet, including an cl atso under obligation to woman, In Que Mung now respect international laws village, under tho·emérgency, and practice,

regulations,Reuter

About 40 miles north of Rome a train with 135 passca-- gers was completely blocked by the snow. and 200 people travelling by car or coach had to be dug out by troops, who took them to shelter at Viterbo, Hcapitals in Rome were full people who were involved in accidents on ice-bound roads.

Calabria and Stelly were also. reported to be having heavy. snow.storms tonight.

Blizzards in America

of

North America also felt the cold wave.

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Although the first day of spring is only eight days away, midlands aro the northern recovering from the worst storm of the winter season.

Temperatures fell as low

zero at Alamarck, 24 below North Dakota, They were re- ported Tallig. As many disints from the Rockies to the Ap- palachians,

The blizzard swept berce the Dakotas, Nebraska, Iowa, Min! nesota, Wiscormin and Michigan over

the weekend,. It kllect with

deep mow driits.

to check against any radia Bid To Keep MPs the people and covered roads

to

dos. Special Altration plants crisure that the plones healing and pressurisation are working correctly have also been installed,

The blizzard was accompiled Roads were blocked, many rural by gale force winds in Michigan,

chools were closed and, Detroit was hit by 80 mph guts...

Checks Rising Rivers winds up to 88 mph were

London, Mar. 12, introduce legislation to legaliss The British Government is to the elections of four members and a Senator of the Northern Ireland Parliament who were disqualines botaAUSO they hela.

offices of pront under the

THEN CLEAÑED. When the aircraft fand after

dying through the radioactive Orown." 'atmosphere, they will be care- Offices of profit under the leo recorded in New York fully cleaned and tested before Crowa frequently involve o State as the cold wave moved. The cold, was a bood to bing need again.

payment at all. But if holdin

Valley Doodles, how- Special precautions will be taken however unwittingly by a cans Ohio

to graure that the area, is freedicate when he glands for Parlin ever since the dry, ley, sir danger of more and radioactivity dissipated men, they subsequently debar eliminated any a "Our, aim is to leave, low ares him from "illing, ind render rising rivers, Te

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